The good: Buying cocaine is now as easy as ordering a Uber

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Subject: The good: Buying cocaine is now as easy as ordering a Uber Thu Jun 06, 2019 5:37 pm

Record amounts of cocaine are being seized in Europe and more frequently than ever before, according to an EU report which also warned that the market was being disrupted by the prevalence of smartphones and the 'uberisation' of delivery methods.

More than 104,000 seizures of the drug were reported in the EU, Norway and Turkey in 2017 - the highest level ever recorded - according to the European Drug Report 2019.

And in the UK, almost one in 20 young people used cocaine last year, the report found.

Around 140 tonnes was seized - double the amount from 2016, when 98,000 seizures were recorded.